U.S. Department of Justice

We here in Carroll County should be sighing with relief and smiling with pride for our local law enforcement agencies. Unlike their brethren in the big city, in a medium city like Hagerstown and a small town like Aberdeen, the departments charged with keeping the county's citizens and their property safe have been able to do so without the smallest hint of impropriety. The City of Hagerstown is still investigating the death of a man from injuries which occurred while he was being arrested and held by local law enforcement. A similar incident in Aberdeen is also under investigation, although a video that I saw showed that the prisoner in question was released from his handcuffs, lost...

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